Midday Report for Wednesday 10 April 2013

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:26 PM.Steve Hanson is reappointed as All Black Coach through to the next World Cup. Audio

12:17 PM.Retail spending falls for the first time in six months. The US's new Treasury Secretary calls on European leaders to ease their austerity measures and the stock market rises. Audio

12:00 PM.A disgraced far north teacher pleads guilty to more sexual offending and Arthur Alan Thomas speaks publically about the death of the officer who jailed him. Audio